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Glaring Procedural Questions Arising Out of a Recent Patent Prosecution Proceeding  

SpicyIP

Discussing the background of the case in this guest post, Suriya Balakanthan, highlights how these procedural lapses took place and highlights the impact that this case can have on the patent prosecution setup. Suriya is a Patent Analyst from Salem Tamil Nadu. The views expressed at those of the author’s alone.

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Federal Circuit Vacates District Court’s Claim Construction of the Term “Pipette Guiding Mechanism”

Intellectual Property Law Blog

During the supplemental examination, Malvern cited seven office action documents from the ’782 patent prosecution in an IDS and introduced two declarations by the co-inventor Rochalski. Specifically, the Federal Circuit considered the plain and ordinary meaning of the term to a skilled artisan at the time of the invention.

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Cloaked in Secrecy: Can Secrecy Orders Shield Alien Innovations?

LexBlog IP

Under the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, federal law prevents the disclosure of new technologies and inventions that may present a national security threat to the United States. 4 of the ‘240 patent shows that this is the type of invention we’d like to keep secret. defense departments (e.g.,

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Cloaked in Secrecy: Can Secrecy Orders Shield Alien Innovations?

Trading Secrets

Under the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, federal law prevents the disclosure of new technologies and inventions that may present a national security threat to the United States. 4 of the ‘240 patent shows that this is the type of invention we’d like to keep secret. defense departments (e.g., Figure 4 of U.S.

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Cloaked in Secrecy: Can Secrecy Orders Shield Alien Innovations?

LexBlog IP

Under the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, federal law prevents the disclosure of new technologies and inventions that may present a national security threat to the United States. 4 of the ‘240 patent shows that this is the type of invention we’d like to keep secret. defense departments (e.g.,

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Patent Continuation Strategies Face Major Threat

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch Impact of Sonos on Patent Prosecution : The recent Sonos v. Google decision threatens to grind to a halt, or at least significantly restrict, a once-common patent prosecution strategy – keeping continuation applications pending for years to obtain new claims that cover marketplace developments.

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A Request for Grace Period for a Novelty Art Should Be Submitted Within Two Months When the Patentee Knew or Should Have Known About the Novelty Art After the Patent Application Was Filed

LexBlog IP

The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department (PRID) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) invalidated the CN Invention Patent No. within six months before the priority date of the ’987 patent), and all the inventors of the ’987 patent are also authors of the article.

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